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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Lyminge, Kent Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Stowe Ch 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 1
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants 4 sulungs (aratra) at Pleghelmestun, Kent, to St Mary’s Church, Lyminge; dated July 697 or 712 (Sawyer, no. 19). Endorsed in a 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘ðæs landes boc æt berƿicum’; in another 10th- or 11th-century hand, ‘nunc ƿigelmignctun’; in another 10th- or 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
697-712
Extent:

Parchment leaf

2. Stowe Ch 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Ch 2
Title:
Grant of King Wihtred of Kent (d. 725) to the churches and monasteries of Kent
Scope & Content:
King Wihtred of Kent grants privileges and immunity to the churches and monasteries of Kent, with specific prohibition of lay domination over St Peter’s at Upmynster, Reculver, Minster-in-Thanet, Dover, Folkestone, Lyminge, Minster-in-Sheppey and Hoo; dated 699 × 716, Bapchild, Kent. With confir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf